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The Show

This version of The Show was released by The Roots in 2008.

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Ladies and gentlemen
The greatest stage show you’ve ever witnessed
Appearing live, from out the 2-1-5, The Roots crew

Big respect to the Get fresh, yes
Have you ever seen a show and fellas on the mic
make one minute rhymes that don’t come out right
(They bite) Aiyo, they never write (That’s not polite)
Word up, am I lyin? (Nah, you’re quite right)
Well tonight on this very mic you’re about to hear
We swear, the illest star rappers of the year
So so, cheerio, yell, scream “Bravo”
Also, if you didn’t know it’s The Roots Show

Yo Rahzel (Wassup?), put your Wallies on
(Yo ‘Riq, I was about to but I need a shoehorn)
Why’s that? (Cos these shoes always hurt my corn)
Six minutes, six minutes, six minutes Roots crew, you’re on
Uh uh on, uh uh on, uh uh-uh uh-uh uh uh on
Uh uh on, uh uh on, uh uh-uh uh-uh uh uh on

Here we go, (here we go), come on, (come on)
Here we go, (here we go), come on, (come on)

(Yo ‘Riq, where’s Malik?) Aiyo, the brother is late
Told him the time, oh, I forgot the date
(Man, you did it again) Oh no!
(Here we go), come on
(Here we go), come on
(Here we go, did we miss the show?)
No, no no nono, no we didn’t, w-w-w-word
No nono nono nono, no we didn’t, w-w-w-word
No we didn’t, (Well don’t get us wrong)
Excuse but um, excuse but umm, excuse Roots crew you’re on
Uh uh on….

Well it, started on-a O’Saints Avenue
When we came up with the squad that’s called The Roots crew
It was me, Qwest Kemal, Hubbard and my man Malik-
B, and Rahzel from the NYC
Who used ta, scratch and sing, make sounds and things
For example, check out this telephone ring

Hello? Hello? Can I speak to Rahzel?
No, he’s not in right now

Well anyway, no more delay
Just peep out the ill my man display
But’cha gotta be (fresh), Rahzel’ll rock (fresh)
like D-O-U-G-I-E (fresh)
And I’m known for the…….
and not for the……..
Rahzel the Godfather, the entertainer
No other title could fit me plainer
In the past generation, I am the remainder
And I’m also known as the beatbox trainer
Cashin cheques, makin sound effects
After I finish rockin, Black Thought is up next

Well here’s a lil’ sometin that needs to be heard
Rah, I was headin Uptown, (Word ‘Riq), word
(Chillin) and all alone, no one to be with
Hopped up on the train headed for 2-5th
and saw this pretty girl (what?), so I sat beside her
Then she went like she was Tony the Tiger
I said “Oh no, there’s been a mistake
Love, my name is Black Thought, not Frostie Flakes”
(Oh, golly wally) Well, she was raisin hell
She said “Aah, my name is Maggie but call me Michelle”

Check it out, Roots crew and yeah, we rock the house, y’nahI’msayin?
And when I’m on the mic, there won’t be no delayin
So bust a move, we show and prove
Yo Rahzel, do that record Jam on the Groove

As you can see, most definitely
The Roots are….
Come up Rahzel, come up Illa Del
Come up ?UESTLOVE, and then come on up Hub
Come up Malik B, and then behind him D
Come up Dice Raw, the 5th Dynasty
and Black Thought sendin out a shout to the Get Fresh Crew
and Doug E.

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The Roots has released many songs over the years besides The Show. The Roots released songs from 2008 to 2008 spanning across albums like Final Conversation Of Kings, Rising Down, Directions To See A Ghost, Fasciinatiion, Day & Age, Melodia, Here We Stand, Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace, The Bedlam In Goliath, Fast Times At Barrington High, Tantrum Castle, LAX, Hideaway, All Or Nothing, Konk, Attack & Release, Join With Us, Everything Is Borrowed, Walk This Way, Break Up The Concrete, Midnight Boom, Lust, Lust, Lust, No Gift To Bring, The Rise & Fall Of Ruby Woo, ...Earth To The Dandy Warhols..., When The World Comes Down, The Script, Forth, Goodbye Blues, Visiter, Stay Positive, Consolers Of The Lonely, Doll Domination, No Time For Later, We Started Nothing, Never Going Back To OK, Oceans Will Rise, The Second Gleam, One Too Many Hearts, The Age Of The Understatement, I Don't Want To Go To School, No, Virginia..., Whisper War, This Is Not The World, RAK, Meet Me On The Left Coast, Shine A Light, Chasing Lights, The Cheetah Girls: One World, ...In Color, Strength In Numbers, Funplex, Black Roses, Warpaint, Can't Stop, Won't Stop, What's Your Medium?, The Virginia EP, 4:13 Dream, ...And A Happy New Year, Won't Be Pathetic Forever, and New York Hospitals. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Roots.

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